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The NFL trade deadline is just one day away Seattle Seahawks Hoodie , and while the Seattle Seahawks really don’t figure to be a part of Tuesday’s transactions, there are a couple of former Seahawks from the 2013 Super Bowl team who might be on the move.Pass-rushing specialist Bruce Irvin is the latest Oakland Raider reportedly on the trade block, primarily because the Raiders are clearly just ripping up this team and trying to rebuild under Jon Gruden. Irvin has just three sacks on the year, having matched his career-high of eight in 2017. NFL Network’s Tom Pelissero says that the Raiders are open to trading him for a late-round pick, so it’s not like teams have to break the bank to get him. That said, his salary is $8 million for 2018, with a cap number of $8.25 million, and his contract expires at the end of 2019.Meanwhile, the Detroit Lions are reportedly receiving offers for wide receiver Golden Tate, who had 7 catches for 50 yards against the Seattle Seahawks on Sunday, and 44 catches for 517 yards and 3 touchdowns on the season. He has racked up at least 90 receptions in each of his previous four years in the Lions’ high-volume passing attack, still wowing the NFL with his YAC abilities. This year is the final one on his contract, so any team that wants Tate is essentially renting him through half the season. Again, Pelissero reports that the Lions would need to be “blown away” with a great offer to part ways with Tate, something in “the range of a mid-round draft pick, maybe a fourth-rounder.”Irvin famously was displeased when Ken Norton Jr was fired midseason last year as Oakland’s defensive coordinator. He credits Norton for his development as a player and a person, and there’s mutual respect between the two. That doesn’t really mean that he’ll be back in Seattle, but just something to think about.Tate of course was not re-signed by the Seahawks after the 2013 season, and the Percy Harvin trade was arguably the biggest reason that Golden left for Detroit in free agency. Given the way Tyler Lockett and David Moore are performing, combined with the fact that the Seahawks are returning to an offense that values high-efficiency with low-volume passing, Tate reuniting with the Seahawks seems unlikely.Seahawks-Broncos preview: How the Seattle defense could bait Case Keenum into mistakes Case Keenum was excellent for Minnesota last year. He was a disaster in L.A. the season before with the Rams. Which fella turns up for the Broncos on Sunday is anybody’s guess. Keenum didn’t just drastically improve his output with the Vikings; he changed how he played.In his final year with the Rams, he left a bunch of throws on the field. He never felt comfortable in an offense that stymied his best instincts. Keenum is a rhythm thrower. He wants to play within the structure of an offense: hit the back foot and get the ball out:He doesn’t do well when asked to play off-script.Minnesota was the perfect cauldron for him to blossom. He was surrounded by a bunch of talent at the skill spots and an offensive coordinator (Pat Shurmur, now the Giants head coach) who understood his quarterbacks’ strengths and weaknesses.Keenum made smart decisions. And he made them fast. He has always been a quick decision-maker, but he hasn’t always been on-point. In his lone year in Los Angeles he threw 9 touchdowns to 11 interceptions. He forced throws to spots where he shouldn’t. Driving inaccurate throws over the middle-of-the-field became his favorite pastime, often born out of frustration, as receivers failed to uncover. The Vikings made things easier. The ball had to come out quick. The team’s offensive line stunk. Keenum was pressured on 36% of his dropbacks (per ProFootballFocus), more than any other quarterback in the league. Getting the ball out in a hurry became the only way for the offense to stay on schedule. Quick passes became an extension of the run-game Cheap Customized Seattle Seahawks Jerseys , particularly once rookie running back Dalvin Cook went down. Throwing to a pair of great receivers helped, too. Keenum spent the year launching balls to Adam Thielen and Stefon Diggs, a pair of receivers dominant individually, and perhaps the very best two-man tandem in the game.Guys were always streaking open. Shurmur helped with some creative play-designs. The Vikings moved a bunch pre-snap, serving as coverage revealers for the QB. Post-snap, Shurmur called a battery of man-beater concepts, designed to spring Diggs or Thielen free against sticky coverage. Keenum, a career journeyman, who was pressured more than any time in his career, had his best season to date. His adjusted yards per attempt ballooned from 5.9 to 7.6; his interception percentage tumbled from 3.4% to 1.5%. He became more efficient, while continuing to do what he loves best: take deep shots. Keenum was the third-most accurate thrower in the league on throws over 20-yards in 2017, per PFF.The numbers match the tape. Keenum took what a defense gave him, as coaches love to say. Sure, he was aggressive down the field, but it was a cautious aggression. More often, he was happy to flip the ball underneath and let his guys go create after the catch. This new, improved Keenum still has flaws.Oddly enough, Keenum has a better career passer-rating on throws delivered under 2.5 seconds than ones over that threshold. He doesn’t just want to play with rhythm and bounce. He needs to. On quick-timing throws, he’s excellent. He does a nice job of quickly identifying coverages and how a route combination corresponds with the leverage of particular defenders. And he diagnoses it all rapidly. By the time he’s hit the back foot, he’s made his mind up and he’s eager to get rid of the ball. When everyone is on the same page, moving the ball can look effortless:Above, watch how quick he identified man-coverage. As soon as he swiveled towards the line of scrimmage, he knew his guy was open through-play design: a comeback vs. bump-and-run should be easy yardage, as long as the throw is on point. It was.Denver, like Minnesota, is using pre-snap movement to give Keenum the tells he craves: Flashing a motion-man across the formation allowed Keenum to see it was man-coverage. Again, he was able to jump to his primary read. His receiver had a quick-out against off-coverage http://www.authenticsseattleseahawks...n-britt-jersey , more easy yards. Keenum put the ball in a spot where only his guy could make a play on the ball.Keenum has become a safe thrower. He’s willing to punt the ball away and come back the next drive (ugh!). And he doesn’t panic under-pressure. So, Seattle needs to find a schematic way to bait him into mistakes.Seattle will run its base scheme. We know this. They’re not going to get fancy with a whole bunch of movement. But without a dominant four-man rush, the team will need to introduce more blitz looks and more creative pressure packages.As Matty Brown and I discussed in this piece, fire-zone packages look like the way forward in 2018. The key to fire-zone success is using the right design against a specific quarterback. One design does not fit all. Keenum struggles on intermediate throws. His accuracy numbers between 10-20 yards sat behind such luminaries as Tom Savage, Trevor Siemian, and Blake Bortles in 2017. Intermediate throws require field awareness, anticipation, and touch, particularly on any in-breaking design. Not Keenum’s strong suit.